A man living in the UK for 42 years who suddenly found out he was 'not a British citizen at all'
A 74-year-old retired Ghanaian who has lived in the UK for nearly 50 years may now have to wait another decade for permanent residency there.
For many years, Nelson Shortey believed he was a British citizen on official documents.
He found out in 2019 that the matter was against him. They will now have to pay thousands of pounds to stay in the UK and receive health care, despite paying the full youth tax.
The Home Office declined to comment on the pending legal case.
Retired news agent Sharday first came to the UK in 1977 to study accountancy on a student visa that also allowed him to work.
After the coup in his native Ghana, his family could not send him money for the fees.
He held a number of jobs, including making Mother's Pride bread and Kipling's cakes near Southampton, and Bendick's chocolate in Winchester, and said no one had ever questioned his right to live or work in the UK.
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